In a competition organised by the Deanship of Student Affairs of the Arabian Gulf University (AGU) for the second consecutive year, six teams from the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences at AGU competed in preparing dishes without using fire, won this year by the sixth group.This event aims to break the daily academic routine at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences and to highlight the creative energies of students and faculty members who actively participated this year. The six teams sought to utilise the least resources to create new dishes that stand out, including a main dish, a side dish and dessert. Social Supervisor at the Deanship of Student Affairs, Aysha Al-Subaiei stated that this competitive event intends to uncover the culinary talents of students of the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, promoting the concept of innovation in preparing dishes and meals without cooking them over a fire. This year the judging panel consisted of skilled and experienced women in the culinary art, namely Ms. Wafaa Al-Kandari, Ms. Salwa Al-Arifi and Ms. Muna Al-Hassan.She explained that the competition was close and that the first three dishes had very little differences in marks. “The objective was to break students and their teachers out of the academic routine and to share a fun, competitive and creative space,” she said, noting that the “evaluation criteria was the tastiness of the food and its presentation, in addition to the dish’s name –as each team was asked to select innovative names for their dishes”. The evaluation also included the neatness of the preparation table and the participants’ hygiene.